automake 1.7

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Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 because another app says that it cannot use 1.5. Whentrying to configure I get the reply no te and autoconf 2.5> not found. I downloaded and installed autoconf2.57, rebooted but still the same msgs. I am new at linux and runnong SuSE 8.0 Pro.
Thanks
David